PS Plus Essential May 2025 Available Now

Today is the day for your monthly PS Plus Essential refresh, bringing three more PS5, PS4 games to download. For May 2025, this is the lineup:

You've got until 3rd June 2025 to redeem them to your account, at which point they'll always be available for you to play for as long as you maintain a membership to PS Plus. The games can be claimed now in the UK and Europe, and will roll out to the USA later in the day.

While it's Ark: Survival Ascended that Sony marketed as the leading addition to the service, our weekend Poll suggests it's the addictive Balatro that most of you are looking forward to playing. It might be the only highlight, though, because our Polls returned to normality, as 34 per cent of votes said this is a "crap selection" for PS Plus Essential.

If you're not happy with this month's selection on the base tier, then the PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium lineups for May 2025 will be confirmed on 14th May. Then, the new titles for PS Plus Essential in June 2025 will be shared on 28th May. The next batch of games is never too far away.

Will you play any of this month's games? Let us know in the comments below.